- Rome, Italy
- Berlin, Germany
- Prague, Czech Republic
- The Holy See, Vatican City
- Florence, Itlay
- Paris, France
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sydney, Australia
- Vienna, Austria
- London, England
- Budapest, Hungary
- Athens, Greece
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Stockholm, Sweden
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Istanbul, Turkey
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Milan, Italy
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Barcelona, Spain
- Talinn, Estonia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oslo, Norway
- Munich, Germany
- Naples, Italy
- Vilnius, Lithuania
- Brussels, Belgium
- Dublin, Ireland
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Jerusalem, Israel (although this works mostly with Palestinians)
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- France, other (not going to separate out all of the different consulates, but southern France sounds better than northern France)
- Valetta, Malta
- Hong Kong
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Hamburg, Germany
- Leipzig, Germany
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Helsinki, Finland
- Recife, Brazil
- Havana, Cuba (US interest section)
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Luxembourg
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Bucharest, Romania
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Bern, Switzerland (all other Switzerland posts would fall into here as well)
- Turkey, Ankara
- Tokyo, Japan (this would have been higher before the earthquake)
- Cairo, Egypt (this would have been much higher before the revolution)
- Australia, (Melbourne, Perth, Canberra)
- Shanghai, China
- Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Beijing, China
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Minsk, Belarus
- Singapore
- Skopje, Macedonia
- Russia, Yekaterinburg orVladivostok
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- small Pacific island nations - Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa, Fiji,
- Madrid, Spain
- Seoul, South Korea (would be higher if not for everyone living on the base)
- Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Mumbai, India
- Amman, Jordan
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Windhoek, Namibia
- Japan, other (would have been higher before the earthquake)
- Maseru, Lesotho
- Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Santiago, Chile
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Rabat, Morocco
- Bridgetown, Barbados
- Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- UN - NYC
- China, other (this includes the rest of the China posts, except Shenyang, which will be lower)
- Canada, all (Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver would be at the tops of the list, but at this point in my career, I am just not all that interested in Canada, but it would not be a bad place to go).
- Brasilia, Brazil
- Panama City, Panama
- Santiago, Chile
- Bogota, Columbia
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Lima, Peru
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Tirana, Albania
- Pristina, Kosovo
- Podgorica, Montenegro
- Warsaw, Poland (I visited once and really didn't like the city).
- Damascus, Syria
- Kolkatta, India
- Phenom Penh, Cambodia
- Vientiane, Laos
- Dubai, UAE
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Kampala, Uganda
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Manila, Philippines
- Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Mbabane, Swaziland
- Hyderabad, India
- New Delhi, India
- Chennai, India
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Doha, Qatar
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Port Louis, Mauritius
- Managua, Nicaragua
- Paramiribo, Suriname
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Manama, Bahrain
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Tblisi, Georgia
- Chisinau, Moldova
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- Quito, Ecuador
- Guyaquil, Ecuador
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Asuncion, Paraguay
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Pretoria, South Africa (be higher if it were Cape Town)
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Ougadougou, Burkina Faso
- Gabourone, Botswana
- Dakar, Senegal
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Katmandu, Nepal
- Cotonou, Benin
- Lome, Togo
- Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
- Asmara, Eritrea
- Libreville, Gabon
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Addis Abba, Ethiopia
- Mexico border posts (some are ranked higher than the other)
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Djibouti
- Muscat, Oman
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Brunei
- Ulaan Baator, Mongolia
- Baghdad, Iraq (only for the money)
- Accra, Ghana
- Kinshasa, DRC
- Tripoli, Libya (if the war is over)
- Banjul, The Gambia
- Bangui, CAR
- Luanda, Angola (I could learn Portuguese and go to a better place later)
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Yaounde, Cameroon
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Free Town, Sierra Leone
- Nouakchott, Mauritania
- Bujumbura, Burundi
- Port Moreseby, PNG
- N'Djamena, Chad
- Bamako, Mali
- Conarky, Guinea
- Niamey, Niger
- Monrovia, Liberia
- Rangoon, Burma
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia (other)
- Malabo, Equitorial Guinea
- Pakistan other
- Dili, Timor-Leste
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Juba, Sudan
- Sanaa Yemen
- Port-au Prince, Haiti
- Somalia
- Abidjan, Coite D'Ivoire
- Abujua, Nigeria
A bit about the list - the bottom ten was about as hard to put together as the top 10. A few places like Kabul and Baghdad were sent up the list because of the overtime possibilities, as well as the fact that they are usually only one year posts.
The top 60 or so are the places I'd really like to go. The next cut off is around 100, I'd still be excited to go to these places but not jumping over the moon. The 'I don't want to go to this place' list starts at 157 and below. That is not to say these places don't have redeeming values, but they won't be making the top of any list I turn in.
Several decent places, in Central and Latin America, were down graded simply because I will have spent the last two years in Belize. I really don't want to spend the next two years in another central American post.
Finally, there are a lot of places, especially in Africa, that I know little to nothing about. I only know that much of Western Africa is crowded and some of the places are bad. So, there may be gems in Africa and central Asia that I don't recognize at this time.
That's a fun project. When do you get your next bid list. Soon, no?
ReplyDeleteNext bid list not until late summer, I think.
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